MAM (Smart Micro Munition)

MAM

MAM-L (left) and MAM-C (right)

Type| Laser-guided bomb
Place of origin| Turkey
Service history
Used by| See Users
Wars| PKK conflict
Syrian Civil War
Libyan Civil War
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Russo-Ukrainian War

* 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Production history
Designer| Roketsan
Manufacturer| Roketsan
Variants| See Variants
Specifications

* * *

Operational
range

| MAM-C: 8 km
MAM-L: 15 km
MAM-T: 30 km to 80 km

Launch
platform

| Bayraktar TB2 Bayraktar TB3
Bayraktar Akıncı
TAI Anka
TAI Aksungur
Vestel Karayel
TAI Hürkuş

Mini Akıllı Mühimmat (MAM), meaning "smart micro munition" is a family of laser-guided and/or GPS/INS guided bombs produced by Turkish defence industry manufacturer Roketsan.[1]

MAM has been developed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), light attack aircraft, fighter aircraft and air–ground missions for low-payload-capacity air platforms. MAM can engage both stationary and moving targets with high precision.[2][3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Combat use
* 2 Technical specifications
* 3 Variants
* 4 Users
* 5 Mountable vehicles
* 6 See also
* 7 References

## Combat use

Operations in which the munitions have been used:

* Syrian Civil War
* Operation Euphrates Shield[5]
* Operation Olive Branch[6]
* EFES 2018 Exercises[7]
* Kurdish-Turkish War
* Operation Claw[8]
* Operation Peace Spring, 2019[9]
* Operation Spring Shield, 2020[10]
* 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
* Central Libya offensive
* Russo-Ukrainian War
* 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
* Tigray War[11]

Users of Roketsan MAM

## Technical specifications

| MAM-C | MAM-L | MAM-T

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|
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Diameter  | 70 mm (2.8 in)  | 160 mm (6.3 in)  | 230 mm (9.1 in)
Length  | 970 mm (3 ft 2 in)  | 1 m (3 ft 3 in)  | 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in)
Weight  | 6.5 kg  | 22 kg  | 94 kg
Range  | 8 km  | 15 km  | 30+ km (UCAV)
60+ km (light attack aircraft)
80+ km (fighter aircraft)[12]
Seeker  | Semi-active laser  | Semi-active laser  | Semi-active laser
GPS/INS
Warhead types  |

* Multi-purpose warhead (blast fragmentation, incendiary, & armor piercing)
* High-explosive blast fragmentation

* Tandem – effective against reactive armor
* High-explosive blast fragmentation
* Thermobaric

* High-explosive blast fragmentation

Fuse  |  |

* Impact
* Proximity

Platforms  | Unmanned aerial vehicles and light attack aircraft  | Unmanned aerial vehicles and light attack aircraft  | Unmanned aerial vehicles, light attack aircraft and fighter aircraft
Based on  | Roketsan Cirit | Roketsan L-UMTAS | Roketsan TRG-230
Manufacturer  | Roketsan[13] | Roketsan[14] | Roketsan[12]

Bayraktar TB2 loaded with MAM-L

TAI Anka loaded with MAM-L

## Variants

* MAM-C high explosive variant[3]
* MAM-L thermobaric variant[3]
* MAM-T GPS/INS-guided variant[15][16][17]

## Users

* Azerbaijan[18]
* Libya Government of National Accord
* Poland
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia[19]
* Tunisia
* Turkey
* Ukraine

## Mountable vehicles

* Bayraktar Akıncı
* Bayraktar TB2
* TAI Aksungur
* TAI Anka
* TAI Hürkuş (basic trainer and ground attack aircraft for the Turkish Armed Forces)
* Vestel Karayel

## See also

* ASELSAN
* Baykar
* Desert Sting
* Roketsan Cirit
* Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
* Turkish Aerospace Industries

## References

1. ↑ GDC (2020-03-01). "Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L)" (in en-US). https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2020/03/02/roketsan-smart-micro-munition-mam-l/.
2. ↑ "Roketsan's Smart Micro Guided Munitions Boost Effectiveness of UAVs" (in en-US). 2019-03-25. https://asianmilitaryreview.com/2019/03/roketsans-smart-micro-guided-munitions-boost-effectiveness-of-uavs/.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "MAM-L Boosts Effectiveness of UAVs". Defence Turkey Magazine. https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/content/mam-l-boosts-effectiveness-of-uavs-2846.
4. ↑ "Roketsan's Smart Micro Munition Product Family" (in en). https://gbp.com.sg/stories/roketsans-smart-micro-munition-continues-to-prove-itself/.
5. ↑ "OES operation diary". https://setav.org/en/assets/uploads/2017/11/R97_Euphrates.pdf.
6. ↑ "Military scorecard of Operation Olive Branch". https://www.aa.com.tr/en/analysis-news/military-scorecard-of-operation-olive-branch/1099535.
7. ↑ "EFES Exercise" (in en). http://www.idef.com.tr//en.
8. ↑ "Operation Claw 3 launched in northern Iraq: Turkey". https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/operation-claw-3-launched-in-northern-iraq-turkey/1563672.
9. ↑ Snell, Lindsey (2019-11-15). "PKK Spokesman on Turkey's Operation "Peace Spring"" (in en-US). https://investigativejournal.org/pkk-spokesman-on-turkeys-operation-peace-spring/.
10. ↑ Roblin, Sebastien (2020-03-02). "Turkish Drones and Artillery Are Devastating Assad's Forces In Idlib Province-Here's Why". https://www.forbes.com/sites/sebastienroblin/2020/03/02/idlib-onslaught-turkish-drones-artillery-and-f-16s-just-destroyed-over-100-armored-vehicles-in-syria-and-downed-two-jets/.
11. ↑ "How Ethiopia used a Turkish drone in a strike that killed nearly 60 civilians". The Washington Post. 7 February 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/ethiopia-tigray-dedebit-drone-strike/. "Weapon remnants recovered from the site of the strike by aid workers showed internal components and screw configurations that matched images of Turkish-made MAM-L munitions released by the weapons manufacturer. The MAM-L pairs exclusively with the Turkish-made TB-2 drone."
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "AKINCI ilk atışını yeni mühimmat MAM-T ile gerçekleştirdi". 22 April 2021. https://www.savunmasanayist.com/akinci-ilk-atisini-mam-t-ile-gerceklestirdi/.
13. ↑ "MAM-C Smart Micro Munition – Roketsan". https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/products/mam-c-smart-micro-munition.
14. ↑ "MAM-L Smart Micro Munition – Roketsan". https://www.roketsan.com.tr/en/products/mam-l-smart-micro-munition/.
15. ↑ "AKINCI fired its first shot with the new ammunition MAM-T". 2021-04-22. https://www.savunmasanayist.com/akinci-ilk-atisini-mam-t-ile-gerceklestirdi/.
16. ↑ "Göklerde özgürlüğün yeni üyesi: MAM-T! 🚀 🇹🇷 #MAMT #Roketsan @SavunmaSanayii @Baykar_Savunma". Roketsan. https://twitter.com/roketsan/status/1385280723733655555.
17. ↑ "Roketsan Unveiled its new guided ammunition: MAM-T | TurDef" (in en). https://www.turdef.com/Article/roketsan-unveiled-its-new-guided-ammunition-mam-t/270.
18. ↑ GDC (2020-03-01). "Roketsan Smart Micro Munition (MAM-L)" (in en-US). https://www.globaldefensecorp.com/2020/03/02/roketsan-smart-micro-munition-mam-l/.
19. ↑ "Saudi Arabia Produces Combat Drones after Turkey's Tech Transfer". defenseworld.net. 2021-01-18. https://www.defenseworld.net/news/28784/Saudi_Arabia_Produces_Combat_Drones_after_Turkey___s_Tech_Transfer#.YEVLnMbjJW5.

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